(Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions) A study among almost 50,000 people worldwide has identified DNA sequence variations linked with the heart's electrical rhythm in several surprising regions among 22 locations across the human genome. The variants were found by an international...

(Queen's University Belfast) From match fixing, to doping allegations, to contract disputes, a new book by a Queen's University Belfast law expert analyses the relationship between modern sport and the law. In the wake of well-publicised disputes, such as Wayne Rooney's contractual...

Urodynamix Technologies Ltd. (TSX VENTURE: URO) today announces that
Dave Rankin and David Raffa have been appointed to its Board of
Directors and that Pierre Leduc, Barry Allan and Tanner Philp have
stepped down as directors.Dave Rankin is co-founder and VP Business Development of...

Health insurer WellCare Health Plans Inc. said Monday that Charles Berg, who became executive chairman of the company's board in January 2008, will become non-executive chairman on Jan. 1.WellCare said Berg's employment agreement ends Dec. 31. The company created the executive chairman position...

Genetic testing company Celera named Alfred Merriweather as senior vice president and chief financial officer Monday.Ugo DeBlasi resigned as chief financial officer for the California in October to be closer to his family in Connecticut, the company said.Merriweather previously worked as the...

VTI Technologies has started cooperation with a new distributor in Asia. QuadRep is specialised in components for the electronic industries and will represent VTI's MEMS products in Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Philippines, Vietnam and India.

WOBURN, Mass., Dec. 20, 2010 /- The Center for Business Intelligence (CBI) has been recognized as a Top 100 Women-Led Business in Massachusetts in 2009. The honor was awarded recently to Kathleen Y. Coffey, CBI President, by the Boston Business Journal and The Commonwealth Institute at...